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Key information
Chapel of the Virgin of Pilar
Centre of the altarpiece
Statue of Our Lady of the PillarPolychrome wood.
Unknown author
(18th century)
It takes up this place since 1939.
According to the tradition, the Virgin Mary – before her transit to Heaven – appeared to the Apostle Saint James in the shore of the Ebro river in order to encourage him in his mission when he was very disheartened in Saragossa, due to the lack of answer to his evangelical message. Therefore, our Lady left him a pillar or column as a signal, which is worshipped in the Basilica of its same name. On the day of the feast of the Virgen del Pilar, on October 12, the discovery of America took place, therefore Our Lady of Pilar is the patron saint of Hispanic world.
Above the altar
Saint Ferdinand, King of Castile and Leon Sculpture by S. Agudo, carved in 1956.
Ferdinand III the Saint was born in Valparaiso (Zamora) in 1201. King of Castile (since 1217) and of Leon (since 1230), he was the first cousin of the king James I the Conqueror. He started the construction of the cathedrals of Leon and Burgos and conquered the cities of Jaen, Cordoba, Seville and Cadiz from the Muslims. He suppressed the Albigensian heresy (+ Sevilla in 1252).
In the attic of the altarpiece
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Oil on panel, unknown artist
(16th century)
On the walls
Whitsun and Miracles of Saint Andrew Paintings on panel by John de Borgoña(15th-16th centuries)
On the walls
Tomb of Mr. Raimundo Gastón Bishop of Valencia from 1312 to 1348
Discovered in December 2003, buried in the chapel of Saint Joseph since the 18th century.
